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With flexible funding, Finland continues support for humanitarian response in Syria

23 May 2019
A doctor examines a newborn baby in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan
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A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq

17 May 2019
Years into Syria's grinding conflict, refugees need support to rebuild their lives. © UNFPA Iraq
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"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

May 10, 2019

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, survivors of Cyclone Kenneth share their struggles about living in crowded shelters. UNFPA is responding with maternal health support and other services.

While some parts of Syria stabilize, the accumulative effect of the conflict necessitates the continuation of reproductive health and gender-based violence services to the 11.7 million people in need inside Syria and the 5.7 million who remain refugees in Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.

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Saving lives during childbirth in rural Al Hudaydah

May 3, 2019

With support from the European Union Humanitarian Aid, UNFPA is expanding reproductive health services in rural health facilities to ensure health pregnancies and safe deliveries during childbirth. 

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Caught in the crossfire: Urgent needs in north-east Syria

29 April 2019
Dr. Joha attends to a displaced woman at Al-Hol Camp. The needs were "overwhelmingly high," he said. © UNFPA Syria
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Catastrophic Cyclone Idai leaves pregnant women vulnerable in three countries

25 March 2019
Women and girls are receiving dignity kits, which contain essential hygiene supplies as well as safety whistles. © UNFPA Mozambique/Vidal Mahundla
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“We expect respect,” say migrants and refugees

21 March 2019
Hatidza* (right) fled the threat of violence in their home country. She is receiving psychosocial support from a UNFPA-supported women's and girls' centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. © UNFPA/Almir Budimlic
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